Heron is exploring a new direction. Tom talks about a repressed memory. They continue to explore Heron's new direction. Heron finds Tom's response strange. Tom offers a topic of a random listener in Australia. CSB provides some great material with the Freedom Girls. Tom talks about the community meeting. Tom's laptop is a difficult friend. The pie plate is back! They explore Heron's new career some more. This episode had to conclude with a theme from our favorite pre-butterfly candidate. Brace yourself.

Heron has questions about data and the Internet Archive. Heron gives a hypothesis associated with sexuality: Tom disagrees. Tom returns to a topic from last week and talks about learning Arabic from an iOS app. Tom is done with being jaded. Heron asks Tom why he bothers. Tom describes a neighborhood wasp attack. They rap on creating a community. Tom reflects on mind over matter. Heron explains his camping plans. Tom proposes a Youtube format for Heron and returns to Bob Dylan. Heron brings up records as nonsense to him (once again). Heron sets Tom a test.

Tom tried to get Heron a signed book. Heron has been reflecting on his former love of coke (as in the cola). Tom finds a belated birthday gift. They explore people who don't use technology and look at different aspects of the medical profession.

[Editorial Note: No summary intro to get the show out on Christmas Day.] Heron has some film recommendations. Tom raises the internet has changed choices for young people. Heron gets cheesy. They both recommend the Incredible String Band. They discuss both Hof(f)mans. Tom introduces the Guerrilla of Code. They explore migraines. Tom deconstructs #stonersloth. Heron's gift is an ongoing topic. Tom wanders into the Stone Ape t-shirt and creating non-profits. Heron talks about his desert trip. Tom talks about joining the Salon forum.

They start with questions from CSB. Tom decides to tackle CSB's question about creating art first. They dig into creating music and what has changed. Does a relationship kill productivity? They explore the second CSB question about health care in the US (or at least Tom frames it that way). Heron wants to start adding sound effects. Tom explores a particularly curious narrative and how he has relaxed over the past week. Tom discusses the film, Spotlight, and wedding politics. Tom concludes the recording Gendo-style with some rap music he did find while in Malaysia 'Chopped and Screwed' so it is remotely intelligible.

Hacking into Heron identifies the changes in scab technology. Tom has been pondering wonder and using the iPad Pro. The neighborhood is starting to get to Tom. They explore some extended theories about the Google bus and utopia. Cue the wine glass discussion as Tom wants to explore what gifts not to get Heron. What about holidays? Manson is always under the surface. Tom explores the music machine. They review online communities. Tom dissects what wonder actually means and takes a meandering conversation through how wonder may not be possible to manufacture. Tom revisits a topic that was unusable previously. They are somewhat divided on listener contributions to the Stone Ape Facebook page.

Tom proposes a slight format change. They discuss a listener question associated with escaping the caterpillar. Tom offers some listener correspondence. Tom starts with the broad topic for the evening associated with the future. There is a digression into copyright and King Crimson. Heron digresses into his upcoming surgery and projects. Tom outlines the reliance on others. They explore what they get out of Facebook. Heron kicks off a discussion on wine glasses. Tom explains how he saved himself from organized crime this week. Tom talks about a listener video on YouTube and interactions with law enforcement. Do not mess with elderly Australian women.

Heron has been reading Autobiography of a Yogi and has some thoughts about it. Heron outlines Gendo for new listeners and Tom gives some deconstructions. Tom takes a little diversion through WWII military items into the listener question. What is the morality of change? Tom provides tips on recreating Vietnam in your backyard. They rap about forgotten nuances.

Heron wants to whine about life. Tom has been rescuing kittens and thinking about Chilean listeners. Tom talks about principles in podcasting and KickStarter. How about distinctions in various communities? Is the future a fabrication? Tom breaks down how open source saved the US tech economy. It's a complex thing blood.

Heron has changed his mobile and had a chunk of his face removed. Zombified Tom wanders through time management. They explore what's to hate about people in particular us in our past. Tom tries a take through some technology. Tom is disgusted with the new Playboy but the Target hack is spot on. Tom gives a not bombing Syria and San Jose update. Tom puts in a plug for the Astoria Railroad Preservation Association and does his patented Bernie Sanders impersonation. Logic Pro provides Tom something more. Heron appeals for listener contact. Heron's condition concludes the recording.